İSTANBUL. Beşiktaş bested Ankaragücü to win 2-1. It was Beşiktaş to strike first with a goal of Salih Ucan  at the 40′. Then it was a goal in the 53′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Vincent Aboubakar gave the win to Beşiktaş in the 55′ minute with a goal.

The match was played at the Vodafone Park (İstanbul) stadium in İstanbul on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Volkan Bayarslan with the help of Serkan Ok and Kemal Yılmaz. The 4th official was Suat Arslanboğa. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 8.7 degrees Celsius or 47.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Beşiktaş was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Ankaragücü that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Beşiktaş was more pushing with 69 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Beşiktaş won the match​.

Beşiktaş shot 20 times, 10 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Ankaragücü shot 10 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Beşiktaş received 4 yellow cards (Arthur Masuaku, Gedson Fernandes, Welinton and Welinton). Regarding the opposition, Ankaragücü received 1 yellow card (Nihad Mujakic).

Standings

After this match, Beşiktaş will have 43 points to hold in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Ankaragücü will stay with 22 points like Kasımpaşa and Giresunspor to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Beşiktaş will host İstanbulspor on the 18th of March with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Beşiktaş (1 draw).

Ankaragücü will host Alanyaspor on the 12th of March with a 6-1 head to head in favor of Alanyaspor (1 draw).

Beşiktaş – Formation

Beşiktaş started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Şenol Güneş decided to play with the following team: Mert Günok (6.5), Onur Bulut (7.3), Tayyip Talha Sanuç (7.6), Omar Colley (6.6), Arthur Masuaku (6.9), Amir Hadžiahmetović (7.4), Nathan Redmond (7.1), Salih Uçan (7.5), Gedson Fernandes (7.7), Cenk Tosun (6.4) and Vincent Aboubakar (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Romain Saïss, Welinton Souza Silva, Jackson Muleka, Semih Kilicsoy, Alexandru Maxim, Necip Uysal, Tayfur Bingöl (6.4), Berkay Vardar, Ersin Destanoğlu and Valentin Rosier.

Substitutions

Beşiktaş made 4 changes: Salih Ucan  for Tayfur Bingöl (60′), Nathan Redmond for Alexandru Maxim (84′), Arthur Masuaku for Jackson Muleka (90′) and Gedson Fernandes for Welinton (90′).

Best player: Gedson Fernandes​

The most impressive player for Beşiktaş was Gedson Fernandes even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 38 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 16.

Ankaragücü – Formation

Ankaragücü started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ömer Erdogan played with: Gökhan Akkan (8.0), Kévin Malcuit (7.1), Uroš Radaković (6.6), Nihad Mujakić (6.6), Hasan Ali Kaldırım (6.4), Pedrinho (6.1), Lamine Diack (6.6), Emre Kılınç (6.6), Ghayas Zahid (7.1), Giorgi Beridze (6.4) and Ali Sowe (6.9).

These were the players on the bench: Milson, Bevic Moussiti Oko, Bahadır Han Güngördü, Atakan Rıdvan Çankaya, Andrej Đokanović, Taylan Antalyalı (6.8), Arda Ünyay, Fıratcan Üzüm, Anastasios Chatzigiovanis (6.8) and Marlon Rodrigues Xavier.

Substitutions

Ankaragücü made 4 changes: Giorgi Beridze for Anastasios Chatzigiovanis (61′), Pedrinho for Taylan Antalyalı (78′), Lamine Diack for Felicio Milson (89′) and Emre Kilinc for Bevic Selad Moussiti Oko (89′).

Best player: Gökhan Akkan​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ankaragücü was the goalkeeper: Gökhan Akkan. His rating is 8.01. He performed 8 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.​

• Beşiktaş – Ankaragücü – 2-1
• Konyaspor – Giresunspor – 0-0